Coach Charles H. Williams had to ‘sweat a little’ before his Crusaders finally closed out a determined Hillsdale Saint team with a hard fought 92-83 victory.

Both teams had a hard time finding the range early on in this one as shots consistently rimmed out of the basket for both teams. Eventually Dallas got rolling and ran out to a 23-9 advantage with 8 minutes remaining in the 1st half. When the Saints finally climbed out of the hole they dug themselves into, they only trailed at the half by a score of 36-28.

The Crusaders’ Derek Hearns gave Dallas the little extra it needed with a season high 27 points and 7 steals. Many of those steals coming when the Saints were breathing down their necks. Senior Miles Burnside was right alongside of him with 18 pts and 12 rebounds. Trent Dawson followed up with 13 pts and Jonathan DeVaughn had 10 pts.

Dallas had a comfortable 17 pt margin with 6:40 left in the 2nd half but the Saints came a charging late in this one. With conference MVP Phil Carey leading the charge, they closed to within 5 points with a little over a minute to play. Carey finished with 28 pts and 10 rebs.

Trent Dawson, Miles Burnside and Derek Hearns made the ALL-Regional Team. Coach Charles H. Williams was voted in as the ‘South West Region Coach of the Year’ for 2015!

Coach Williams’ Crusaders travel this week to Joplin,MO for the ACCA National Tournament.

2/27/2015 Arlington, TX

The Dallas Christian College Crusaders went into the NCCAA DII SW Regional Tournament as the top seed and played like it. They defeated a very talented Ozark Christian College basketball team with some very tough defense and some tough board work by a score of 101-81. The crusaders led 50-41 at the half and never let their foot off of the gas pedal. Newcomer Darius Boggas had a season high 31 points on 11 of 16 shooting from the field and had a game high 9 rebounds. Trey Lindsey had 19 pts on 7 of 8 shooting and Miles Burnside had 15 pts. Anthony McQuary and Trent Dawson rounded out the scoring with 10 and 9 pts respectively. Jerrell Chumley had 7 rebounds from the guard position. Landon Walker led the Ambassadors of Ozark with 18 pts.

The Crusaders will play the winner of the Arlington Baptist/Hillsdale Freewill Baptist winner on Saturday at 3:30 pm.

The Dallas Christian College Crusaders capped a successful regular season with a 107-72 victory over Champion Baptist College. This was also the last home game for seniors Miles Burnside, Michael Haynes and Jerrel Chumley. The Tigers of CBC were very feisty group that played tough to the end of this one with the help of a 40 point effort by Cody Connor. Dallas was led by Miles Burnside’s 19 points, Darius Boggas’ 18 points and Derek Hearns’ 15 points and 8 steals. The post-season continues next Friday at Arlington Baptist College where the Southwest Regional will be held.

Dallas plays at 3:00 pm on Friday. Coach Charles H. Williams will have his troops ready to roll towards another National Championship.

Crusader Men Engage Patriots in another High-Scoring Battle! Lady Crusaders fall to Patriots.

The first meeting between these 2 teams resulted in a 128-125 blitzkrieg won by Dallas Christian in Arlington.

On the strength of a 37 point, 12 rebound outburst by Trent Dawson, Dallas again lit up the scoreboard for a 119 – 117 victory over the Arlington Baptist Patriots. Dawson accomplished this on 71% shooting from the field.

The Crusaders forced 24 turnovers by the Patriots and shot 61% from the field to overcome 30 turnovers of their own.

Both teams came out fast and rarely slowed down the pace on the way to a 63-63 halftime score. The Patriots stayed close by putting up 45 (3-pt) attempts and hitting 17 of them. Dallas actually did a good job of defending the perimeter, considering there were times when the Patriots had 5 (3-pt) marksmen on the floor together led by Caleb Brown’s 25 pts on 5-10 from the arc.

Dallas would hold a 15 point lead with 10:15 left in this contest before the Patriots began to slowly cut the deficit to 107-106 at the 2:09 mark. Dawson scored 7 of Dallas’ last 12 pts to help close out the win.

The Crusaders will close out the regular season at home against Champion Baptist this Friday night at 7:30. The victory also gives Coach Charles H. Williams’ Crusaders the regular season conference title and a first round bye heading into next week’s Southwest Regional hosted by Arlington Baptist College.

Lady Crusaders fall to Patriots.

The Lady Crusaders played tough but were overwhelmed by a 20-5 #3 ranked Patriot squad that had all of last year’s NCCAA DII finalist team back plus 6’5 addition Rosalyn Thorpe. Dallas fell 108-46 but got strong efforts from Sapora Richard with 16 pts and Takela Taylor with 17 points and 6 steals. While the youthfulness of the Crusaders was exploited by the veteran Patriots, there was some evidence that this group of Crusaders is growing in confidence. The Lady Crusaders will now begin preparation for next week’s Southwest Regional Tournament @ Arlington Baptist College.

​Jordan Wiley is the first recruit to join the 2015 Lady Crusader Volleyball Team! She currently attends Chisholm Trail High School in Fort Worth, TX. Her speed and quick thinking on offense will be a great threat to our opponents. Jordan is planning on majoring in Psychology. We are very excited to have Jordan on the team.

Your Lady Crusaders welcomed the Eagles of Rhema College down from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma for a game Saturdayafternoon. The Eagles come in looking for payback as the Crusaders beat them in Broken Arrow by ten points. It was the best defensive effort of the season for DCC holding the Eagles to just 37 total points.

The game started slow with neither team gaining an advantage until Freshman guard Hannah Foley hit a three and Freshman point guard Sade Olonade hit two layups cap a 7-0 run for DCC that put then out front by ten. Rhema rallied behind forward Kehaulani Blankenship to close the lead to 28-24 DCC at the half. DCC came out in the second half with a defensive mindset set a team record holding Rhema to only eleven points in the second half. Three field goals and three free throws were all the Lady Eagles could muster while your Lady Crusaders began to capitalize on their defensive effort and began to pull away with a final score of 52-35. Coach O’Connor said, “the ladies grew up a little today having to refocus after an emotional loss last night and I am very proud of them.” DCC was led by Sapora Richard with 14 points and 17 rebounds.

Last Friday night the NCCAA #2 ranked Hillsdale Saints (22-2) road into DCC. Your Lady Crusaders came out strong and matched the physical play of Hillsdale but the Crusaders shooting went cold midway through the first half. With the Crusaders not being able to make a basket the Saints went on a 29-4 run and pushed their lead out to 25 with a little over 8 minutes to go in the half. Sapora Richard hit a three and made a steal for another basket that sparked a run for the Crusaders just before half as the lead was cut to fifteen 47-32. Coach O’Connor said, “It was good for my young team to have some success to prove that they can play with them.” Unfortunately for the Crusaders the cold shooting returned and the Saints extended their lead to win 95-59.

The Crusaders were led by Sophomore Sapora Richard with 26 points and 14 rebounds followed by Freshman Brooke Stewart with 18 points and 3 steals. The Crusaders are 3-3 in the Southwest Region and currently are in 3rd place with two region game remaining.

Dallas, TX – The Dallas Christian College Crusaders played a tough Hillsdale team Friday night and moved to the top of the conference by defeating the Saints 91-84 in front of an energized crowd.

The previous game was decided by 3 points, with the Saints prevailing on their home floor. This one was every bit as exciting and very entertaining for the fans in attendance. Senior, Miles Burnside, started this one off with 15 1st half points including 3 NBA range 3-pointers to get his team rolling. The teams went back and forth with lead changes and ended the half with Dallas ahead 45-42.

The Saints held a 80-76 lead with 4 minutes remaining but the Crusaders battled back to take a 85-84 lead with 34 seconds left. The Saints, down 86-84, had 1 last opportunity to tie or win it but lost the ball after inbounding it under their goal. Darius Boggas and Derek Hearns combined to pressure the Saint’s Phil Carey(31 points) in the backcourt and stole the ball to preserve the win.

Miles Burnside led the Crusaders with 24 points and 9 rebs. Trent Dawson followed with 23 points(4-7 3pt accuracy). Trey Lindsey had 16 pts and 6 rebs. Derek Hearns dropped in 11 pts and had 6 steals to compliment a great defensive effort in the waning moments of the game.

The Crusaders return to the court Feb 17, 2015 against the Arlington Baptist Patriots at home.

In a game that featured a record number of points scored, the Crusaders managed to bend many times but would not break. It took a season high 42 points by Trey Lindsey to finally pull out this hard fought victory. Fueled by freshman Brandon Bonner’s 41 points, the Arlington Baptist Patriots see-sawed back and forwards with the Crusaders for the lead throughout this contest. Both teams combined to shoot 109 free throws in this marathon as DCC lost 3 players to fouls and 4 more ended the game with 4 each.

The first half went back and forth before the Patriots took the lead 57-55 thanks to a 3 pointer by James Briceno just before the buzzer. This was only a warm-up for an exciting second half as the Crusaders needed 73 more points to finish this one off. Senior Miles Burnside, who finished with 12 points, was the first to foul out with 5 minutes left in this one. Trent Dawson added 25 points and hit critical 3 pointers just when the Crusaders needed that push and delivered on 7 of 7 free throw attempts. Josh Walls, who had 15 points, went to the line and nailed every one of his free throws in the last few minutes to keep the Crusaders on top. With the score tied at 120-120 at the :23 mark, the Crusaders continued feeding the ball to Trey Lindsey and the Patriots would come back with Senior Josh Green(32 points) all the way to the end. In the end, it was the Patriots who blinked and the Crusaders came away with the 128-125 win.

There were also some fine performances by Derek Hearns, Darius Boggas and Travis Martain as they forced the Patriots into 28 turnovers with some tough pressure defense.